Great chair for the price.  My man is about 5'10" and of a slim build, he likes the way the backrest feels on his lower back.  I am 5'2" and this chair doesn't completely swallow me up.  A good happy  medium.  chair reclines to almost completely flat, and is easy to sit back up and put the foot rest in which I struggle with being so short on a lot of larger recliners.